Vance Begs for Pope’s Prayers After Relentless Trump Attacks

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The vice president took to X in response to a video of the pope, in which he said that it was https://www.thedailybeast.com/fed-up-pope-leo-has-no-interest-in-trump-debate/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/fed-up-pope-leo-has-no-interest-in-trump-debate/">“not in [his] interest at all” to “debate” Trump.

Seemingly ignoring the wider message of the interview, Vance, 41, gushed: “I am grateful to Pope Leo for saying this.

While the media narrative constantly gins up conflict–and yes, real disagreements have happened and will happen–the reality is often much more complicated.

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